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Monday, January 18, 2010

My Hometown on Monday - Week 3

This is a list of businesses (with their comments) in Coon Rapids, IA, in the Spring
of 1917, who sponsored the first issue of the Coon Rapids High School yearbook:

E. & W. Garst, Pioneer Store (Comments: In this First High School Annual we wish to congratulate you, the Students of Coon Rapids High School, for the progress you are making. Your school is a better school, you students are better men and women than ever before. It is natural that your school should progress. In the forty-eight years this store has been in business it also has progressed. We have always tried to cater to the student trade. We want you to be our future customers. We will try to win your trade by fair dealing and good merchandise.)

The Royer Drug Company (Comments: Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils, Etc.; Exclusive Agency for The New Edison Diamond Disc Phonographss: Drop in for an Ice Cream Soda, Sundae or Malted Milk and hear some music recreated by this wonderful instrument)

Jensen's Creamery: Jens Jensen (Comments: Will support our home school, churches and twon. We ask you, who have produce to sell, to support your home creamery)

Again, as last week, at least one of these business owners is a relative of mine. In addition, many are very familiar family names. Some appear regularly in the 75 and 100 Years Ago columns of The Coon Rapids Enterprise, which I collect faithfully... since I don't yet have ready access to the archives.

Note: Did you catch all the interesting products mentioned above?!?!?

In future posts, I will report on a number of these families, and will link to this list.

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